Producing Feminist Knowledge: Lessons from Women in Trouble  

Oleh:

Comack, Elizabeth

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theoretical Criminology vol. 3 no. 3 (Agu. 1999), page 287–306.
Topik: feminist epistemology; postmodern feminism; standpoint feminism; women in prison
Fulltext: 287TC33.pdf (285.12KB)

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In responding to the androcentrism of mainstream epistemologies, feminists have confronted the broader issues around how we can produce knowledge which will be helpful to women. In particular, the work of standpoint feminists—while focusing our attention on creating knowledge 'for' women—has been subject to the critical gaze of postmodern writers like Carol Smart. This article endeavors to add another voice to these deliberations. Informed by the experience of doing research with women in prison, I propose that by problematizing the differing conceptions of 'standpoint,' specifically, the 'women's standpoint' and the 'feminist standpoint,' we can better address the issues raised by postmodernists.

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